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Jan. 9, 2025

Feeding the Future: Building a Food-Secure Campus

When: January 09, 2025, 3:00PM – 4:00PM (MDT)

Food Studies Interdisciplinary Research Group

The Food Studies Interdisciplinary Research Group of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities aims to build and foster a network of food studies scholars from the UCalgary community and beyond. Working across disciplines, we promote critical scholarship from the broad area of food studies.

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When

Thursday, January 09 2025, from 3:00PM-4:00PM (MDT) at the Campus Food Hub, Crowsnest Hall, University of Calgary

What?

Public event, in person. Please, confirm your attendance by RSVP to karla.oliveira@ucalgary.ca until January 06, 2025. As we have limited spots available, attendance will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Food insecurity is a critical concern among postsecondary students across North American universities, including our own. A survey conducted by Meal Exchange (2021) indicated that 47.4% of University of Calgary student respondents experienced some level of food insecurity in the 2020–2021 school year. Through a collaboration between Student Experience and Support, Ancillary Services, the Students’ Union, and the Graduate Students Association, the Campus Food Hub was established to increase access to healthy, fresh, and culturally appropriate food. This space is designed for students to seek out food and education to nourish their bodies and minds and provide relief from the challenges of food insecurity. Through meal programs, food rescue efforts and a subsidized marketplace, students can access affordable groceries, prepared foods and on-campus meals. These efforts build on the work of UCalgary's Student Union Food Bank, Food Justice Now club, departmental food pantries, and other initiatives like Pack the Pantry.

Join us in this participatory gathering to discuss campus-wide efforts to increase food access, improve food literacy, and amplify our collective efforts.

Mediators: Heather Ramshaw (UCalgary Food Hub Coordinator) and Chelsea Rozanski (Co-Convener CIH Food Studies Interdisciplinary Research Group)

Suggested readings:

Meal Exchange. (2021). 2021 National Student Food Insecurity Report.

Ellis, T. J. (2024). “It’s not a matter of choice”: the intersectional and systemic nature of college food insecurity. Review of Communication, 24(4), 219–233. https://doi.org/10.1080/15358593.2024.2387561